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Posts Tagged ‘hiring tricks & tactics’
The Three P’s of a Successful Hiring Persona
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012There’s a lot of advice out there for applicants and job seekers on how to present yourself during the hiring process. In this post, we’d like to take a moment to talk about how employers and their hiring staff ought to come across. Sure, you are offering a new career opportunity for the lucky applicant who gets your offer. But, if you want to reel in a prize catch, it would help to lure them in with your best behavior during the hiring process.
A Poor Pre-Hire Process Promotes Problems (Try Saying That 10 Times Fast!)
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011Everybody agrees the company needs to fill that position ASAP. Everybody agrees that hiring the right person is critical. Nobody questions the job description or salary and benefits package or even the timetable for hiring a new employee. Great! You are all set for hiring success. Let’s go to lunch.
Or not.
Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Recruiters?
Friday, February 11th, 2011We recently came across a great article at CNNMoney.com‘s Fortune blog called “10 tips for entrepreneurs looking to build great teams” by Craig Driscoll. It made many good points about the importance of good hiring practices, but the one that really got our attention was this: Leverage recruiters where appropriate. Chances are you’re starting a [...]
Suddenly, “Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years” Doesn’t Seem So Intriguing
Friday, December 31st, 2010We just saw this article at Huffingtonpost.com, and had to share it on this last day of 2010. It’s called “15 Ridiculously Hard Job Interview Questions From Top Employers Like Google, Goldman Sachs”, and the title does not exaggerate. As seasoned hiring management specialists, we thought we’d heard them all, but we found some new [...]
Don’t Dismiss the Benefits of Pre-Hiring Testing
Monday, July 26th, 2010Looking to cut corners during the hiring process is understandable in the current economic climate. Who doesn’t need to reel in spending? But if you are considering skipping a solid pre-employment testing process before you hire your next employee, we ask that you consider the long-term costs that can result. What will it cost your [...]
If You Missed Tina Hamilton’s Nationwide Webinar for iCIMS…
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010On Thursday, February 18th, Tina Hamilton, hireVision Group’s president/CEO presented the webinar “The 8 Biggest Hiring Mistakes for 2010″ for iCIMS, a worldwide leader in providing Applicant tracking Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). “It was my first ever nationwide webinar,” says Hamilton, “and it was a really incredible experience to reach such a wide-spread audience in such an [...]
Tina Hamilton on Front Page of Yahoo!
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Here are some secret tricks that real recruiters and hiring managers use to weed out candidates:
They inspect your car.
Tina Hamilton, of hireVision Group, knows a corporate president who would find out which car belonged to the candidate he was interviewing. “The receptionist … would then go outside and look in the candidate’s car to see how neat and clean the car was, if there were food wrappers … how well maintained the car was,” says Hamilton. “The owner considered this a definition of the candidate’s character.”
AUGUST SEMINAR EVENT
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009INTERVIEWING SUCCESSFULLY IN 2009 A Modern & Progressive  Interviewing Process CHOOSE YOUR DATE Aug. 3 or Aug. 19, 2009 8:30 AM- Noon 1275 Glenlivet Drive; Suite 100 Allentown, PA 18106 $135.00 per person – Continental Breakfast Included Presenter: TINA HAMILTON, PHR, President and Founder of hireVision The learner is taken from identifying the need to strategic interviewing and [...]
